Phylogenetic scale-dependency of the patterns and processes of quantitative trait evolution
Building on our existing FishShapes V1 dataset we are investigating whether patterns of continuous trait evolution are identical, random or vary systematically with phylogenetic scale.
NSF CAREER DEB-2237613
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Ecological & environmental drivers of body form diversity across fishes
By measuring 1000's of museum species we quantified body form variation across teleost fishes (FishShapes V1 dataset) and investigated the ecological and environmental factors that influenced its evolution.
NSF DEB-1556953
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Ecomorphological specialisation and mammalian diversification
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This research explores how being an ecological generalist or specialist influences phenotypic and lineage diversification across mammals, with a focus on dietary evolution.
Much of this work involves my long-time collaborator Dr. Sam Hopkins, a paleontologist at the University of Oregon. It all started when we were postdocs at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center and continued with our NSF grant (DEB-1256894) investigating how dietary specialisation influences the rates of speciation, extinction and phenotypic evolution across fossil and living mammals. |
Past Projects
How did the Cretaceous-Palaeogene mass extinction influence reef fish evolution? How do reef habitats influence the rates of ecomorphological evolution in fishes? How does human hunting influence the biological factors associated with extinction vulnerability? etc.